A proposed bill to restrict bird feeders during black bear season remains in limbo as lawmakers in Trenton work to reconcile ...

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

A New Jersey bow hunter just set a state record by killing a 770-pound black bear — a beast he’d been eyeing over the past two bear hunts. Brian Melvin, 39, first spotted the bear three years ...

Bear attacks remain a rare occurrence in New Jersey, which has a large population of black bears across the Skylands region - typically defined as the northwestern counties of Morris, Somerset ...

Black bears are known to inhabit every county in New Jersey, with the highest population in the northwestern counties of Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon and in northern Passaic and Morris counties ...

New Jersey plans to reinstate its controversial annual black bear hunt. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat who has long opposed the hunt, announced Thursday that the state’s Fish and Game Council will ...

The black bear was seen crossing railroad tracks that run across Porcupine Road and U.S. Route 130 in front of the business complex that houses Oxy Vinyls, Mexychem Specialty and Lubrizol.

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.